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Dionne quintuplets
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Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn with the Dionne babies in 1934
Born (1934-05-28) May 28, 1934 (age 90)
Callander, Ontario, Canada
Died Annette and Cécile are alive
Yvonne: June 23, 2001(2001-06-23) (aged 67)
Montreal, Quebec
Émilie: August 6, 1954(1954-08-06) (aged 20)
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
Marie: February 27, 1970(1970-02-27) (aged 35)
Montreal, Quebec
Known for Being identical quintuplets
Parent(s)
  • Oliva Édouard Dionne (father)
  • Elzire Dionne (mother)

The Dionne Quintuplets were the first quintuplets (five babies born at the same time from the same mother) to survive after being born. They were born in Ontario, Canada on May 28, 1934 to Elzire and Oliva Dionne. They were:

The babies were delivered by Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, who later was given custody of the girls by the Canadian government and the Ontario government housed them in a special theme park-like area, just across the street from the house their parents and 6 other siblings lived in.

At one time 6,000 people visited Quintland each day to see the sisters, they also had dolls made out of them, and appeared in commercials for products like corn syrup and Quaker oats like oatmeal. Then in 1943, the girls' father, Oliva, finally got custody of them again and the girls moved back to live with their real family. Dr. Dafone died soon after that. In 1998 the surviving sisters sued the government of Ontario for being exploited as kids and were rewarded 4 million Canadian dollars.

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